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Cem Sarica, Ph.D.

Floyd M. Stevenson Distinguished Presidential Chair in Petroleum Engineering

Director of TUFFP, TUHWALP and TUPDP

About

Cem Sarica, Floyd M. Stevenson Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering at The University of Tulsa (TU), is currently serving as the director of three industry-supported consortia at the TU: Fluid Flow, Paraffin Deposition, and Horizontal Well Artificial Lift Projects. He holds BS and MS degrees from Istanbul Technical University and a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from TU.

He has served on various SPE and ASME Committees. He was an SPE Journal Editorial Board member between 1999 and 2007. He served as Associate Editor of JERT of ASME between 1998 and 2003. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee of Multiphase Production Conferences organized by ISAVFT. He is the recipient of the 2010 SPE International Production and Operations Award. He was recognized as a Distinguished Member of SPE in 2012. Cem received the SPE John Franklin Carll Award and SPE Cedric K. Ferguson Certificate in 2015.

Education

  • Ph.D., Petroleum Engineering, The University of Tulsa, 1990
  • M.S.E., Petroleum Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1984
  • B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1982

Research interests and areas of expertise

  • Multiphase flow in pipes
  • Production engineering
  • Flow assurance
  • Horizontal well artificial lift
  • CO2 and H2 flow in pipes and wells